---
name: "labeledwidget"
section: "3iwidgets"
platform: "linux"
package: "iwidgets3.1-doc"
version: "3.1.0-9"
release: "Debian 5.0 (Lenny)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/labeledwidget"
---

# labeledwidget(3iwidgets)

Create and manipulate a labeled widget

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## NAME

labeledwidget - Create and manipulate a labeled widget

## SYNOPSIS

**labeledwidget** *pathName* ?*options*?

## INHERITANCE

itk::Widget \<- labeledwidget

## STANDARD OPTIONS

```
background	cursor	foreground
```

See the "options" manual entry for details on the standard options.

## WIDGET-SPECIFIC OPTIONS

```
Name:	disabledForeground
Class:	DisabledForeground
Command-Line Switch:	-disabledforeground
```

-

  Specifies the foreground to be used when the state is disabled.

```
Name:	labelBitmap
Class:	Bitmap
Command-Line Switch:	-labelbitmap
```

-

  Specifies a bitmap to display in the widget, in any of the forms  acceptable to **Tk\_GetBitmap**.  This option overrides the *labeltext* option.

```
Name:	labelFont
Class:	Font
Command-Line Switch:	-labelfont
```

-

  Specifies the font to be used for the label.

```
Name:	labelImage
Class:	Image
Command-Line Switch:	-labelimage
```

-

  Specifies a image to be used as the label. The image may be any of the values created by the **image create** command.  This option overrides both the *labelbitmap* and *labeletext* options.

```
Name:	labelMargin
Class:	Margin
Command-Line Switch:	-labelmargin
```

-

  Specifies the distance between the childsite and label in any of the forms acceptable to **Tk\_GetPixels**.  The default is 2 pixel.

```
Name:	labelPos
Class:	Position
Command-Line Switch:	-labelpos
```

-

  Specifies the position of the label along the side of the childsite:  **nw**, **n**, **ne**, **sw**, **s**, **se**, **en**, **e**,  **es**, **wn**, **w**, or **ws**.  The default is w.

```
Name:	labelText
Class:	Text
Command-Line Switch:	-labeltext
```

-

  Specifies the text of the label around the childsite.

```
Name:	labelVariable
Class:	Variable
Command-Line Switch:	-labelvariable
```

-

  Specifies the text variable of the label around the childsite.

```
Name:	state
Class:	State
Command-Line Switch:	-state
```

-

  Specifies one of two states for the label: **normal** or **disabled**. If the label is disabled then it is displayed in a disabled foreground color.  The default is normal.

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## DESCRIPTION

The **labeledwidget** command creates a labeled widget which contains  a label and child site.  The child site is a frame  which can filled with any widget via a derived class or though the use  of the childsite method.  This class was designed to be a general purpose base class for supporting the  combination of label widget and a childsite.  The options include the ability to position the label around the childsite widget, modify the font and margin, and control the display of the labels.

## METHODS

The **labeledwidget** command creates a new Tcl command whose name is *pathName*.  This command may be used to invoke various operations on the widget.  It has the following general form:

```

pathName option ?arg arg ...?
```

*Option* and the *arg*s determine the exact behavior of the command.  The following commands are possible for labeledwidget widgets:

## WIDGET-SPECIFIC METHODS

- *pathName* **childsite**

  Return the path name of the child site.

- *pathName* **cget** *option*

  Returns the current value of the configuration option given by *option*. *Option* may have any of the values accepted by the **labeledwidget** command.

- *pathName* **configure** ?*option*? ?*value option value ...*?

  Query or modify the configuration options of the widget. If no *option* is specified, returns a list describing all of the available options for *pathName* (see **Tk\_ConfigureInfo** for information on the format of this list).  If *option* is specified with no *value*, then the command returns a list describing the one named option (this list will be identical to the corresponding sublist of the value returned if no *option* is specified).  If one or more *option-value* pairs are specified, then the command modifies the given widget option(s) to have the given value(s);  in this case the command returns an empty string. *Option* may have any of the values accepted by the **labeledwidget** command.

## STATIC METHODS

- **Labeledwidget::alignlabels** *widget* ?*widget ...*?

  The alignlabels procedure takes a list of widgets derived from the Labeledwidget class and uses the label margin to make each widget have the same total space for the combination of label and margin.  The net effect is to left align the labels.  Generally, this method is only  useful with a label position of w, which is the default.

## COMPONENTS

```
Name:	label
Class:	label
```

-

  The label component provides the label for the labeled widget.  See the  "label" widget manual entry for details on the label component item.

```
Name:	lwchildsite
Class:	frame
```

-

  The lwchildsite component is the user child site for the labeled widget.  See  the "frame" widget manual entry for details on the lwchildsite component item.

## EXAMPLE

-

  The labeledwidget was primarily meant to be a base class.  The ScrolledListBox and EntryField are good examples of derived classes of the labeledwidget class.  In order to provide equal support for composite classes, the 'childsite' methods also exists. The following is an example of 'childsite' method usage.

```

 labeledwidget .lw -labeltext "Canvas Widget" -labelpos s
 pack .lw -fill both -expand yes -padx 10 -pady 10
 set cw [canvas [.lw childsite].c -relief raised -width 200 -height 200]
 pack $cw -padx 10 -pady 10
```

## AUTHOR

Mark L. Ulferts

## KEYWORDS

labeledwidget, widget